People should hold global objectives that can never be achieved rather than personal ones that can be achieved.

You suggest that people spend their lives tilting at delusional and impossible windmills? I guess that there are many who already do...

That is a true sentiment in some ways. Yet many movements and current cultural realities we consider as positive human rights, ecological triumphs, and political progression were catilyzed by the Don Quixotes of their time.

I believe a massive change in the way people think is necessary to make the world a better place, mainly in what concerns the objectives one helds in life: People should hold global objectives that can never be achieved rather than personal ones that can be achieved. But is such a change possible? Have humans ever done it? I have a difficulties deciding between one of the two, perhaps someone here will be able to help me with this.

So... discuss

You suggest that people spend their lives tilting at delusional and impossible windmills? I guess that there are many who already do...

(Long live the Borg!)

Probably a little too much, a little too soon. Not a slow smooth process, but rather, a series of little jumps or leaps. What will be the next little leap? Who knows. Massive change? It is my belief that things just do not work that way.

Impossible, not delusional

For example, my objective in life is to make humanity last forever. That is impossible, as everthing is bound to end someday, but I will work towards it anyway.

Note: Everthing is bound to end from the pratical point of view, from the philosophic one we can argue nothing ends at all.

True, but there are some things that do not have middle-terms, they are just huge leaps. Like religious belief: you cant believe half in a religion and half in other (Well, you can, but since most religions reject all others that is unlikely), you just give a huge leap between the two if you change.

True. I dont really mind if we dont manage to live forever, like I said, we wont, but trying is cool anyway. Can we develop space travel before earth goes boom? Lets find out

But being good-humored is hard then you are surrounded by people deadly worried about things. Guess I have to try harder on it

I have discovered how to change the world and all things within it. I have moved from an outer sensing body to an inner knowing mind, where I see with inner eyes only. What I see out there is a perfect universe, the unseen being in perfect balance with the seen (material universe) the only thing that can be out of balance is the way my consciousness perceives it, so to change the outer I first must change the inner (the cause) as I have a different perception of myself, the outer changes accordingly

If we could convince big business its the right thing to do "save the world" we might be on track. An upsurge in demand for change is coming i can feel it in my old bones.

But being good-humored is hard then you are surrounded by people deadly worried about things. Guess I have to try harder on it

. Like religious belief: you cant believe half in a religion and half in other (Well, you can, but since most religions reject all others that is unlikely), you just give a huge leap between the two if you change.

It cannot be feasible for congruence manored.

Everything is veered, so everything is conservative.

If one needs to preach then everyone should be listening within earshot,but not now or after.

Einstein said that humour was a momentary relief from the paralysing sense of responsibility. Humour can change things; people are quite receptive to humour, and more willing to engage the deep stuff. But serious is the situation, and if one wants to see from the universe in, perhaps feeling the sense of greatness and responsibility is part of that journey - it is, afterall, accurate.

Just a point of clarity. Islam believes in the majority of Judiasm and Christianity, I believe. And still there is conflict. Don't think its anything to do with religion, merely another vehicle for the weak to intimidate the strong. And interpretation of religion, what one chooses to represent, is the important part for most, in my opinion. [ and a thought, if we believe in them all, then the days off are: friday, saturday and sunday...thats more like it!]

Doc